Review of admission and discharge referral practices for the metropolitan hospital emergency departments

This review is concerned with examining both pre-hospital admission and post-discharge processes, and the reasons for patient referrals to current community nursing Hospital in the Home services.

During this review it became apparent that there were a very large number of Hospital in the Home Services which duplicated activities in many geographical areas, some services were over utilised and some community based care options were under used.

Reports

• Review of admission and discharge referral practices for the metropolitan hospital emergency departments – executive summary (PDF 2.91MB)
• Review of admission and discharge referral practices for the metropolitan hospital emergency departments – full report (PDF 20MB)